Basketball Recap: Roosevelt Drops Season-High Score on Triton

Roughriders

Margin (Wins)

12/20/24 vs Ron Brown	37
12/27/24 vs Triton	20
12/21/24 vs Gwynn Park	18
12/18/24 vs Cardozo	-2
12/26/24 vs Chapel Hill	-5

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Roosevelt). They blew past the Triton Hawks 87-67 on Friday. The Roughriders have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight matches by 20 points or more this season.

Leading Roosevelt to victory were Gabriel Hudgens and Sean Hall. Hudgens went 9 of 11 on his way to 20 points along with five assists and four steals, while Hall almost dropped a double-double on 19 points and nine rebounds. The game was Hudgens' third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ke'Mari Pointer, who posted 11 points in addition to five assists and four steals.

Defeat or not, Triton got some senior leadership from Ro'Mello Pegues and Ahmad Morris. Pegues went 9 of 15 on his way to 26 points, while Morris dropped a double-double on 12 points and ten rebounds. Morris is becoming a predictor of Triton's success: when he posts at least eight boards the team is 4-1 (and 3-4 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Jamaury Taylor, who went 6 of 14 on his way to 14 points.

Roosevelt is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 78.5 points per game. As for Triton, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-5.

Roosevelt didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 74-68 victory against Hillside on the 28th. As for Triton, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 75-62 loss against Rolesville on the 28th.